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YouTube is listening to me
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Re: YouTube is listening to me
I love Alexa's reaction when I tell her "Hey Alexa! I just farted." Seriously, give it a try for those of you who own an Amazon smart speaker. It's hilarious.
There is also an Alexa skill called "big fart."
The only time I'll have an issue with data sharing by big tech is if it results in telemarketer phone calls, heaps of junk mail, or salesmen showing up at my front door. I've seen zero evidence of the first two. The third item is more interesting. On two occasions when I searched broadband bundle deals on company web sites - once for Comcast and on a separate occasion for WideOpenWest - I had salesmen show up at my front door within 24 hours. Of course, to see which services are available, each web site asks the user to input a street address. I'm sure that info immediately got dispatched to salespeople. I've never had that happen for any other product or service I've researched online.
There is also an Alexa skill called "big fart."
The only time I'll have an issue with data sharing by big tech is if it results in telemarketer phone calls, heaps of junk mail, or salesmen showing up at my front door. I've seen zero evidence of the first two. The third item is more interesting. On two occasions when I searched broadband bundle deals on company web sites - once for Comcast and on a separate occasion for WideOpenWest - I had salesmen show up at my front door within 24 hours. Of course, to see which services are available, each web site asks the user to input a street address. I'm sure that info immediately got dispatched to salespeople. I've never had that happen for any other product or service I've researched online.
Re: YouTube is listening to me
If you ever want to put an end to all this, vpn your phone to a EU location and it all stops.
This is also getting an update...
https://gdpr.eu/what-is-gdpr/
This is also getting an update...
https://gdpr.eu/what-is-gdpr/
“The more you can increase fear of drugs, crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all of the people.”
― Noam Chomsky
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Re: YouTube is listening to me
If it gives you about a second or so of static noise, or even something that you just don't understand what it is saying, just say 'gesundheit', and see what happens.